The STO’s Founder
is
Zenkai Taiun
Elliston-roshi, a fully transmitted Soto Zen Priest.
Elliston-roshi was ordained by Matsuoka-roshi as well as by Shohaku
Okumura-roshi. As such, he is the sole living representative of the
Matsuoka lineage, and holds dharma transmission from the Uchiyama lineage,
with Seirin Barbara Kohn as his Preceptor from the Suzuki line. STO is
thus the beneficiary of the heritage of all three lineages.
Elliston-roshi, dharma heir and successor of Matsuoka-roshi and
Okumura-roshi, currently leads over sixty senior students in the US,
Canada, Africa, and Europe. His initial ordination took place over 30
years ago, at the Chicago Zen Buddhist Temple, which just passed its 60th
anniversary in continuous operation. Roshi has also reached out to
first-generation students of Matsuoka-roshi, offering a practice path to
formal recognition. As Abbot, Elliston-roshi heads the Order and is its
guiding teacher in the
Soto tradition.

2012 Matsuoka Roshi Archive Project

Please email Peter
Holocher at pholocher@ifpinc.biz
with any communication or findings regarding this archive project.

·Objective:
To accrue Matsuoka roshi stories and available material in print.

·Sources of Biographical
Material

oInterview 10-15 Zen
teachers/practitioners around USA/Canada that personally studied
with Matsuoka roshi. We would like to interview individuals via phone,
skype, email. In addition ,if anyone has any print material that can
be scanned/copied it would be wonderful.

oObtain 3- 5 articles that exist
that STO does not currently have at presentvia magazines or
newspapers. Any large newspapers particularly in Chicago/Los Angeles where
articles have been digitized.

oInternet…identify 5-10
articles…legitimacy may be questionable but could provide some insight.